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Summary: Just Ugly
Review: My best friend and I purchased two of these phone. She bought the "Bumble Bee" model (yellow & black), and I purchased the plain black one. In all honestly, this phone is just ugly. Motorola could have done better when they manufactured this phone. To add insult to injury, it has a little, ugly yellow screen. I have to admit, it is better than the i730 used to have when it comes to reception and battery life. If you purchase any of Nextel newer model phones, you may just want to keep your eyes on this one. It is ugly, but it would not bring you a world of trouble like the i730 or i830.
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Summary: Unreliable
Review: My wife and I both have these phones. I am on my fourth phone in ten days, my wife had hers replaced within 2 months. I had plenty of reception but a glitch in phone prevented my from making calls. This happened with two of the phones. The third had a small glitch. Nextel has been unhelpful in all of this.
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Summary: OUTSTANDING PHONE
Review: Outstanding phone. Finally a phone without all the frilly features such as a camera or games. This phone is tough as it has been dropped many times, braved the tropic monsoon's and it refuses to quit. Wish it had an external display but then again that would probably hurt the phones tough integrity. Have tried just about every cell provider and Nextel is ahead of them all.
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Summary: Like a good sturdy woman!
Review: She may not win a beauty contest, but this phone seems indestructible. I actually had the i730 first, and got the i530 for my wife. However, the i730 ear speaker did not seem right, and after playing around with the i530 for the evening, I took the defective i730 back and exchange it for the i530. The Nextel people thought I was crazy, but I am happier with this one: no worries about scratching up this one. Just switched from Verizon, and we both notice the better clarity of calls...and my voice mail actually shows up seconds, not hours later.
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Summary: Great phone so far!
Review: So far this is a great phone. Feels very sturdy, and good thing too, I've already dropped it twice with no defects noted. A no frills phone, gets as good as or better reception than my AT+T GSM phone. Feels good in the hand and on the belt, and is not as thick as many other Nextel phones. Speakerphone works great, and the headset volume is plenty loud enough.On to the bad. The battery life is dismal. My battery is almost dead after 2 days use, with only 30 minutes of talk time. Why can't you make folders under your personal contacts. So you can keep personal and work related contacts seperate, and not have to scroll through a whole list to find one name? On a side note, if you order from Nextel, give them a call. I got my phone down to $75, free activation, a free car charger and a $75 rebate!
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Summary: HORRIBLE DO NOT GO WITH NEXTEL
Review: The menus are incredibly hard to read
It comes with the most ear screetching sounds one can ever hear
You can't down load anything on to it
The thing is so huge that when you put it in to your pocket there is a humongous bulge
When you put it on you belt you pants start to fall down
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Summary: Horrible standby time.
Review: This battery has the worst standby time of any cell phone I have ever owned. Motorola rates the battery at 75 hours. I have yet to receive over 48 hours without total discharge.
Nextel service leaves a lot to be desired, as well. They are very hard to communicate with and have very little concept of customer service. Just obtaining my account number was a chore in itself. The phone does not come pre programed and therefore expect to spend some amount of time on hold and navigating the voice mail programs while completing this process. All in all, the quality of calls is pretty much the same as I have experienced with other carriers.
Bottom line: Don't leave home without your charger, if even just an overnight trip.
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Summary: Great phone
Review: This is a great phone i've had my phone for about a week and i've drop this phone so many times for the little bit of time i had it I would say i have dropped this phone atleast 5 times and once i dropped it on the side walk a hour later somebody called me and i didn't think it would work but it worked it's a great phone and it doesn't have extra things on it that you will not find yourself using
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Summary: great phone
Review: This phone may not have color or a camera but it's the best cell i've owned. It's resistant i know because i accidently dropped it from a 3 story building...and nothing happaned to it. I guess some people here are saying that the battery doesn't last long...well have u checked if the GPS system is on because that's what really drains the battery...ive gone about 2 1/2 days without charging my phone and the battery is still alive.
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Summary: Very pleased with this little rubberized phone
Review: v. rugged, replaced a V.66 (Tmobile) for Nextel with an i530 to beat the Tmobile dead zones in S. FL, the i530 works beautifully and is indeed pretty rugged. Also slightly larger size than the V.66 means I can actually use and dial with one hand - The rubberized patch you flip up to recharge is a bit awkward until you get the hang of it.
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